BILL NUMBER: SCR 96	CHAPTERED  09/20/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   158
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 20, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   SEPTEMBER 1, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 1, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 29, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Karnette
   (Coauthors:  Senators Bowen, Costa, and Speier)
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Ackerman, Ducheny, Florez, Leonard,
Longville, Lowenthal, Margett, Robert Pacheco, and Torlakson)

                        AUGUST 21, 2000

   Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 96--Relative to intermodal
freight access.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 96, Karnette.  Intermodal freight access.
   This measure would request the Department of Transportation, in
cooperation with the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, the
Trade and Commerce Agency, the California Transportation Commission,
and other appropriate parties, to prepare a proposal for a "Global
Gateways Development Program" to enhance intermodal freight access.
The measure would further encourage the department to consult and
utilize information compiled by the California Transportation
Commission, among other sources, in response to a specified
resolution of the Senate, and would request a progress report and a
final report to the Legislature.




   WHEREAS, California's major seaports and airports serve as global
gateways for the movement of goods between domestic and international
locations and serve as crucial access points to major trade
corridors throughout the state, nation, and world; and
   WHEREAS, The continued economic viability and improvement of the
state's global gateways and access are critical to California's most
significant export industries, including, but not limited to,
agriculture, apparel, electronics, entertainment, professional
management services, technology, and tourism; and
   WHEREAS, The value of international trade through California's
global gateways in 1999 was an estimated $331 billion, the volume of
container traffic shipped through California's gateways exceeded
6,500,000 20-foot total equivalent units (TEUs) in 1999, and the
international air freight tonnage passing through the state's global
airport facilities was 928,624 tons at Los Angeles International
Airport and 425,000 tons at San Francisco Airport alone; and
   WHEREAS, The state's roads, freeways, and interstate railroad
systems are critical for the effective movement of goods to air and
seaports; and
   WHEREAS, The development of these global gateway facilities and
state transportation infrastructure has not kept pace with California'
s economic growth and there is a growing need to accommodate the
continued growth and coordinate the movement of goods and people at
those entry points with the larger transportation infrastructure of
the state; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby requests that the
Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the Business,
Transportation and Housing Agency, the Trade and Commerce Agency, the
California Transportation Commission, lead transportation agencies,
ports and airports, and other appropriate parties, prepare a proposal
for a "Global Gateways Development Program." The purpose and
objective of the program shall be to improve major freight gateways
in California to enhance overall mobility, including increased access
at and through international ports of entry, international airports,
seaports, other major intermodal transfer facilities and goods
movement distribution centers, and trade corridors in California.
Preparation of the Global Gateways Development Program shall, among
other actions, identify high-priority airport and seaport access and
intrastate transportation projects for purposes of potential state,
federal, and other funding.  The identified projects should serve to
facilitate the movement of intrastate, interstate, and international
trade beneficial to the state's economy; and be it further
   Resolved, That, in developing the Global Gateways Development
Program, the Department of Transportation is encouraged to consult
and utilize, among other sources, information compiled by the
California Transportation Commission in response to Senate Resolution
8 of the 1999-2000 Regular Session.  The department is requested to
prepare and submit to the Legislature a report on the department's
progress in preparing the Global Gateways Development Program, on or
before March 1, 2001, and to submit a final report on that program to
the Legislature on or before July 1, 2001; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Director of Transportation, the Secretary of
Business, Transportation and Housing, the Secretary of Trade and
Commerce, and the Chairperson of the California Transportation
Commission.
